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I put salt in the water and it keeps me alive. It keeps my stomach calm until I can find something else. RENE ODGE, a 29-year-old Haitian man said of stretching his fortified biscuits and water ration for more than a week
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010

Open quoteI put salt in the water, and it keeps me alive. It keeps my stomach calm until I can find something else.Close quote

  • RENE ODGE,
  • a 29-year-old Haitian man, on stretching his fortified biscuits and water rations for more than a week; a growing food crisis owes to the badly damaged supply chain
Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty | Source: The New York Times